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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Marshall Eugene Callahan.

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MARSHALL EUGENE CALLAHAN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 26, 1949 – August 29, 1968

Service record

Marshall Eugene Callahan, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 46W · Line 58

Position of Panel 46W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
D CO 19 ENG BN USARV
Born
December 26, 1949
Home of record
Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 29, 1968
Age
18
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 46W, Line 58

From Charlotte

All 88 names from Charlotte →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.